The Rapids said Wednesday that Vicente Sanchez (Uruguay) and Marcelo Sarvas (Brazil) have obtained Green Cards do not require international roster spots. Brown is in the process of obtaining his Green Card, the Rapids said.

Pedro Morales. the eighth highest player in MLS, of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, plays the ball in front of Nathan Sturgis of the Colorado Rapids during their MLS game on April 5, 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Jeff Vinnick, Getty Images)

Well, it’s not exactly pay like the Broncos are used to.

Or the Nuggets, Avalanche or Rockies.

Major League Soccer’s player’s union on Thursday released the 2014 compensation for all of its players in the league, showing the Colorado Rapids’ total base salary for 2014 — as of April 1 — is $3,015,558, with guaranteed compensation totaling $3,488,900.82. That second number for each player is “annual average guaranteed compensation,” which, according to the players union, “includes a player’s base salary and all signing and guaranteed bonuses annualized over the term of the player’s contract, including option years.”

For context, the Rapids play Toronto FC on Saturday in Canada. That team’s two premier players, Michael Bradley and Jermain Defoe — both of whom are the two top paid players in MLS — each draw $6 million in base salary, meaning Toronto pays two players nearly four times as much as Colorado’s entire base payroll. Both players enjoyed time playing overseas in Europe before coming to MLS.

The Rapids on Tuesday loaned the rights to third-year forward Tony Cascio to the Houston Dynamon in exchange for an international roster spot — becoming the first team in MLS to make an intra-league loan.

Cascio will play with Houston this season, but his rights still belong to the Rapids. The Dynamo, as is common in loans, hold an option to buy Cascio outright from the Rapids after the season.

The MLS in 2013 changed its rules to allow intra-league loans. But Colorado and Houston are the first to take advantage.

“I hope to stay here,” Doyle said Tuesday. “I’d like to play for Oscar (Pareja, Rapids coach).”

Doyle was with Colorado because of a long-standing relationship between the Rapids and Derby County (Rapids president Tim Hinchey was formerly a VP at Derby). And the Rams wanted Doyle to stay with the Rapids to gain experience before their season.

But MLS’s labyrinthian allocation process got in the way. Doyle entered the league’s lottery process and D.C. United grabbed him. Doyle would have had to clear the lottery, then fall to the Rapids in a waiver draft for him to play in Colorado. The Rapids lost their lottery position this season after using it on Charles Eloundou from Cameroon (even though he still hasn’t set foot in the U.S.).

D.C. United knows that the Rapids want Doyle. And it’s possible they picked him as leverage in a trade with Colorado.

While the Rapids continue to patiently wait for the arrival of heralded young striker Charles Eloundou from Cameroon, the club is now preparing to reach him directly.

Colorado technical director Paul Bravo will travel to Cameroon in early July to speak with Eloundou, trying to slip past what seems to be corrupt situation.

“Paul is going out to watch him in his next match,” Rapids president Tim Hinchey said.

“We’re gonna be patient with him and we’re not going to give up,” Hinchey added. “It’s a permanent deal now. It’s not a loan. When MLS finally gets FIFA and those governing bodies to fix the corruptness of that area, he’s gonna be ours.”

Rapids technical director Paul Bravo said Thursday that the issue is now in the hands of U.S. Soccer. He said the USSF is now actively pursuing an international transfer certificate from the Cameroon football association.

MLS signed Eloudou to a contract in December, right after his 18th birthday. In January, the Rapids won a lottery for the right to add him to their roster, beating out two other MLS teams.

But the Rapids remain interested. And Bravo is not concerned about Eloundou getting shut out after the MLS transfer window closes.

“The thing with his situation, FIFA can rule even after the window closes, based on the case file (we prepared),” Bravo said.

The Rapids, according to Bravo, can add Eloundou to their roster even after the window closes, so long as FIFA makes a written exception. That exception is dependent on MLS first getting an ITC from Cameroon, which FIFA might also have to rule on.

But the Rapids and MLS have compiled all available evidence regarding the contract and Eloudou’s discovery and given it to FIFA.

“I think the case file was dropped by B-10 bomber on FIFA’s office in Switzerland,” Bravo joked. “We needed a plane that big to carry all the files.”

The Charles Eloundou Situation (and yes, I’m capitalizing the S in Situation on purpose because it’s now worthy of a semi-formal title) is a uniquely soccer story.

International transfers, even when they go as planned, can be a giant hassle. It’s one reason why Shane O’Neill is so valuable to the Rapids — his Irish passport would make a European transfer or loan very easy to negotiate.

But for Eloundou, it’s meant months of mystery and frustration. Nearly five months after MLS signed him, Eloundou still hasn’t set foot in Colorado.

Daniel was first introduced to soccer at age 6 while living in Düsseldorf, West Germany. He played youth soccer in West Germany until age 9, and then in Seattle, where he is originally from. He works as the day breaking news editor and also contributes on the Rapids beat.